Antonyms for summarily


Grammar : Adv
Spell : suh-mair-uh-lee, suhm-er-uh-
Phonetic Transcription : səˈmɛər ə li, ˈsʌm ər ə-


Definition of summarily

Origin :
  • 1520s, from summary + -ly (2).
  • adv without delay
Example sentences :
  • She disposed of that obstreperous individual most summarily.
  • Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus » by Jessie Graham Flower
  • He hurried expectant to Ferrires; there to be summarily disillusioned.
  • Extract from : « Camps, Quarters and Casual Places » by Archibald Forbes
  • I could not deal so summarily with it; nor could I drive the words of it out of my head.
  • Extract from : « The First Violin » by Jessie Fothergill
  • The Sandemanians were super-Calvinists, and their tenets may be summarily defined.
  • Extract from : « Shelley, Godwin and Their Circle » by H. N. Brailsford
  • You would be taken, and justice would be done upon you summarily.
  • Extract from : « The Strolling Saint » by Raphael Sabatini
  • A spy caught in the lines of armies is summarily dealt with of necessity.
  • Extract from : « The Case of Edith Cavell » by James M. Beck
  • Proceedings were, however, summarily brought to a stop at this point.
  • Extract from : « A Royal Prisoner » by Pierre Souvestre
  • No, Mr. Ashley, she cried, summarily; a womans word is as weighty as a mans.
  • Extract from : « Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 6, July 1905 » by Various
  • But I don't know what Jenny will say of your disposing of her conquest so summarily.
  • Extract from : « A Phyllis of the Sierras » by Bret Harte
  • There was no appeal from its judgments and its sentences were summarily executed.
  • Extract from : « Sioux Indian Courts » by Doane Robinson

Synonyms for summarily

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